Trip leaves mum, daughter on top of the world
Andrew MathiesonORDINARY mother and daughter pair Jill and Kara Dixon decided one day to stop dreaming and start doing.
They were sick of just sitting...
Chaos at Whittington as mum seeks escape
Hamish HeardChaotic scenes surrounded Whittington Primary School yesterday as police and media descended on the family home of a boy accused of terrorising staff...
‘Guilty Party’ seeks revenge
Peter FaragoTHE Guilty Party is getting its revenge.
The State Government was the first cab off the rank in the 2006 election campaign, running...
Snake seized
Hamish HeardAuthorities yesterday labelled the Geelong region Victoria’s illegal reptile capital after investigators swooped on a hotel to seize an exotic snake, drugs and...
Angry reaction over secrecy on port plan
Andrew MathiesonNORTHERN suburbs residents have reacted angrily to secret plans for State Government to seize control of Geelong’s port.
The Independent revealed last week that...
Nudists’ look out on beach
Jane EmerickA NUDISTS’ lobby group has called on its members to flush out illegal activity at Torquay’s Point Impossible amid calls to axe the...
Council: why we must fly overseas
Andrew MathiesonGeelong councillors have defended their overseas travel after approving new trips to China and Japan.
The councillors this week voted to send Mayor Peter...
Shamed Grubbers to take holocaust lesson
Alex de VosOcean Grove footballers have agreed to visit Melbourne’s Holocaust Museum after allegedly attacking a Jewish man while on their way home from...
Letter bid on pokies
Jane EmerickBOROUGH of Queenscliffe is making a last-ditch appeal to State Government to cut back on poker machines in the tiny municipality.
Mayor Pat Semmens...
Torquay retirees plan wins council backing
Hamish HeardA Torquay developer has overcome the first hurdle in his quest to build a $40 million low-cost retirement village on the town’s outskirts.
Councillors...
Cards on the table
Hamish HeardUndecided Torquay voters will weigh up major party promises on education, transport links, dogs on beaches, fishing and police when they front tomorrow’s...
Drysdale pool plans
Jane EmerickA Catholic school yesterday announced plans for a swimming pool open to the public at Drysdale.
St Ignatius College Geelong principal Michael Exton said...
Ice, ice baby for Geelong’s Big Freeze
Geelong’s Big Freeze is back with a host of new ‘sliders’ ready to raise funds for MND.
Inspired by Neale Daniher’s MCG Big Freeze, the...
